Comments on: True Confession of a Survivor of an All-Girls Dorm!http://www.catholicvote.org/true-confession-of-a-survivor-of-an-all-girls-dorm/
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:30:04 +0000hourly1By: Francishttp://www.catholicvote.org/true-confession-of-a-survivor-of-an-all-girls-dorm/comment-page-1/#comment-49630
FrancisSat, 27 Aug 2011 01:54:14 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49630I suppose if a girl at an all female school wanted to have sex with a boy, they could (theoretically) go to a motel, or a car, or something like that. And I suppose that people at single sex schools might also run into a higher percentage of gay students who might actually be drawn to a single sex school because of the possibility of meeting others who also experience homosexual tendencies. Still, I much prefer single sex dorms whether they are on Catholic school campuses or state school campuses.
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Tom CroweFri, 26 Aug 2011 20:21:38 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49610Vincent— I think you over state your case. I don’t think you can credibly make the claim that the author thinks true femininity is dependent upon these things, or that she is fundamentally altering her sexual identity by learning about makeup and shoes and hair accessories. There is an undeniable feminine quality to knowing how to present herself as beautiful, and do those things that accentuate her natural beauty; that bespeak her natural feminine radiance. There is a definite difference between learning about such things and having a skewed notion of sexual identity, and I’m fairly confident that the author stayed safely on the right side of that dividing line.
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Tom CroweFri, 26 Aug 2011 20:17:09 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49608Way to miss the point, Lucy. Do you practice at that?
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LucyFri, 26 Aug 2011 19:15:04 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49603I’m sure happy that this woman learned all about make-up and various varieties of women’s clothing. What a terrible lonely life she would have lived without the knowledge such things. What next, cooking and house-cleaning classes?
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VincentFri, 26 Aug 2011 06:53:31 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49547I see a lot of value in single sex dorms, however I have to take issue with most of the first half of what the author of this piece wrote. True femininity has nothing at all to do with make-up, or owning an inordinate number of shoes, or being able to coordinate trendy outfits. Our culture tries to snare girls into the cult of beauty from the moment they are born. (Even baby clothes send these messages: “Cutie Pie” on the onesie for the baby girl, and “Future MVP” on the onesie for the baby boy. Also listen to the sorts of comments people make to babies: “Hi, pretty girl” vs. “Hi, tough guy”.) This only gets worse as they start to grow up and girls are bombarded in every form of media with the messages that (1)appearance is of supreme importance, (2) you don’t look good enough the way you are, and (3) we have a product (clothes, cosmetics, etc.) that will make people admire the way you look. Our girls are taught the vices of vanity, overconsumption, and envy, and are told that it is a crucial part of their value and identity as women. Catholics should be rejecting this kind of thinking, not embracing it. I know a young Catholic woman who worked at a store owned by an Amish family. After working there for a summer with a bunch of young Amish women she said she had learned so much from these girls who don’t wear make-up or trendy clothes or obsess about their appearance 24/7. Yes, we should reject the modern idea that there is no difference between the sexes. But in rejecting that false notion we shouldn’t embrace our culture’s very skewed vision of sexual identity.
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WhitneyThu, 25 Aug 2011 15:02:15 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49476I have read about “Catholic” colleges with coed dorms, and some colleges with coed rooms (Heaven forbid). Same-sex dorms are a minimum requirement for appropriateness, but why is there not a push toward same-sex campuses? There would be no threat of premarital relations as all opposite-gender visitors would be banned from residence halls. No sex = better grades, better people, and purer souls. Males would grow up surrounded by males instead of becoming feminized, and females would learn to better appreciate the values and responsibilities that come with being a woman. Many schools used to be single-gender but with the liberalization of society, we have lost this. It’s time for the Catholic Church to bring it back.
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MarkThu, 25 Aug 2011 14:17:09 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49472I too went to a small Christian school with seperate floors for men and women, with visiting hours that were fairly liberal. Looking back and after reading this young ladies article I am curious as to what campus would have been like if they had same sex dorms and tighter controls on visiting. I grew up with one sister, a brother who was 16 when I was born and visited from time to time, in addition to not having a lot of close friends if any as child. All this makes me curious if a same sex dorm would have been positive experience for me.
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KatheirneThu, 25 Aug 2011 13:33:10 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49466I went to a small Christian college for my first two years. I can honestly say, that the experience of living in an all-girls dorm, with restricted male visiting (to basement living room and parlor) was a dream. THough I did not finish school there and have since become Catholic, my dorm experience was one I hope my children will have as well. There is a sense of camaraderie that cannot be emulated when the opposite sex is present all the time. I highly recommend it.
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DavideThu, 25 Aug 2011 10:40:58 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=20178#comment-49451Good stuff. Thank you
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